Direction-indicator hanger for vehicles.



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APPLICATION FILED lum/16,1914. 1,170,062. Patented Feb. I, 19I6.

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DIRECTION-INDICATCR HANGER FOR VEHILLES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application inea muy 1e, i914. serial ivo. $51,393,

To all whom vif/may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B.I Haines, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State'of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Direction-Indicator Hangers for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, while applicable to vehicles of various kinds, is particularly intended for automobiles, motor trucks, and

I' the like, operating `on city streets, and the 4f is a vehicle top t which my invention is fastened.

object of the invention is to provide an indicator which will inform the corner policeman, drivers of other vehicles and pe i destri'ans of the direction in which the vehicle carrying the indicatorl is going, that is, whether the driver intends to continue straight ahead or to turn to the right or to -the left.

A 'further object is to provide a simple, inexpensive and durable indicator or signaling device which can be applied asA an attachment tov vehicles already built and in use.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accom- ',panyingdrawing, in which- FiUure l is a view in side elevation and partial longitudinal vertical section of an auto-wagon with my invention applied thereto and set to show that the vehicle will continue straightahead. Fig. 2 is a-section on the line of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section and side elevation of the same parts illustrated in Fig. Q showing the indicator set vehicleywill turn to the right.

Like characters of reference indicate. like -parts throughout theA several views of the drawing.

1While installed inside of a covered auto-wagon or truck, it should be understood that it is applica-ble toall forms of vehicles, are not provided with suitably constructed tops of a stationary character supports for the purpose of elevating the signaling devices so as to make them suitably conspicuous may be provided. lith Vthis understanding, l to the underside roof of rl`he indicator proper comprises an arrow 5, preferablv made out of sheet metal of a size to be readily distinguishable to outside persons within a radius of two or three hundred feet to show that the which the front and rear arrows will be I have shown the device as being v spective hangers 7 are bevel and if they of it. This indicator 5 is secured to the lower end of a vertical rod G, and the rod is lsupr'wrted by a hanger 7, here shown as a semi-annular metal bar of sufficient thickness to permit a hole to be formed through it to receive the rod G which is passed through said opening and is journaled therein. A bushing of antiffriction metal 8 will preferably be installed in the opening around the rod G. The hanger 7 will be iiitegral with an annular body 9 which has vertical holes 10 to receive screws or bolts by which the body is fastened to its support, which in this rase is the roof of the yehicle top. A wooden block ll shaped on its upper .face to conform to the curvature of the roof, where the lat-ter is curved, in order to make the body 9 parallel with the bottoni of the vehicle, may be interposed between the body il and roof where needed. A similar indicating device will preferably be installed at the rear as well as at the front of the vehicle, and by partially ron tating the shafts 6 the arrows of the two indicators may be turned to point, in the direction which the vehicle is to take. Thus, for example, if the direction is to be straight ahead then both arrows will be turned with their heads pointing in that direction, and if the driver intends to turn to the right at the next corner or turn of the road the arrow heads will be turned to the right to indicatel that purpose, or, if he intends to turn to the left then the heads of the arrows will be turned in that direction for the same reason. i

I will now describe the mechanism by simultaneously turned, and by which this adjustment may the driver. the shafts G and supported upon their regear wheels 12 bevel gear wheels ,13 mounted on the adjacent ends aof a shaft 14 connecting the front and rear indicating mechanism.' The ends of shaft ll pass through suitable openings formed innthe body 9, as shown. This shaft is divided transversely into two members, and the ends pass through openings in a'body 9 1identical with the bodies supporting the arrows, alreadv described, and mounted on the ends of the shaft members 14 are bevel wheels 15 which mesh with the teeth of a bevel wheel 16 mounted. on the hanger'l' on the upper which mesh 'with be conveniently made by- Mounted on the upper ends of end or ka vertical shaft 17. The sha-ft' 17 .terminates with a handle 18 Within easy reach of thedriver of vthevvelhicleand places `the means at his command for 'rocking 4the shaft 17 and, by the-aid of the above described connectinn 'meohanism, for simultaneously rocking t e shafts 6 both'ends of the vehicle so as to point the 4arrows ofthe indicator at both ends of the vehicle, in the' desired direction. As a means ofholding the shaftl? in a given position, and against accidental rocking movement, which Will in turn maintain the indicating arrows 5 in their given position, I atten the shaft 17 on three sides 19 and provide a s'pringplate "20, which is secured to the body 9, as shown lin Fig. 2, to bear against one of the flattened sides 19 of said shaft.

In order to 'make the hangers 7 and bodies 9 interchangeable I prefer to provide shaft openings through diametrically opposite l'Sides ofthe body 9, as shown. I also provide the body 9 with a second set of openings 21 at right angles to the openings already described for use in caso it is desired to assemble one of the shaft members at rightangles to the other member instead of in alinement-With it, which change maybe required with -some forms of vehicles.

, the annular body.

l described my invention With moreor-less minuteness as regards detailsof constructlon and arrangement and-zas being embodied in certain precise forms, I do' not desire to be limited thereto imdulylor-it-,any

more than is pointed out in the claim. On 351 the. contrary, I' contemplate all proper changes inform, construction, and arrangement, .the omission of immaterialelements,

and thel substitution of equivalents, as circumstances may suggest or necessity render 40.

expedient.l

In a hanger for vehicle direction lindicator shafts, an annularl body secured tothe vehicle having shaft-journal openings in av 45 plurality of directions, and a semi-annular depending member having -a shaft-journalv opening extending substantially at right anjournal openings in gles to the plane of the 

